The Press Complaints Commission (PCC) has demanded that The Jewish Chronicle reissue a correction to a story which made false claims about Palestine Solidarity Campaign and our director, Sarah Colborne.

The demand came after The Jewish Chronicle (JC) failed to adhere to an agreement made with the PCC that the original correction would remain on the homepage of its website for two days and two nights. After uploading the correction onto its UK News page on 23rd October, the JC then removed it later the same afternoon.

A week later, following intervention from the PCC, the JC is today (30th October) once again carrying the correction. This time, the link to the correction is on the homepage as agreed, and will remain there until 1st November.

The JC’s original story, which resulted in our complaint to the PCC, was published online on 17th July on its homepage, and was headlined Pro-Palestinian group says its supporters made antisemitic comments.

This was a completely false headline, and attributed comments to Palestine Solidarity Campaign’s Director, Sarah Colborne, which were never made.

So here's the JC's link as it appears on its homepage, The Palestine Solidarity Campaign which doesn't give much away. And here's the correction as it appears when you click on the link:

The Palestine Solidarity Campaign

In
an article published on July 17 headlined 'Pro-Palestinian group says
its supporters made antisemitic comments', we stated that the Director
of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Sarah Colborne, had said that
demonstrations against the Gaza conflict "had been used by people to
'peddle hatred and intolerance' towards Jews".

Ms Colborne had not said that. In fact, what she had said was: "The
Palestine Solidarity Campaign opposes all forms of racism, including
anti-Semitism and Islamophobia, and racism directed against Palestinians
whether living in the West Bank and Jerusalem, or as citizens of
Israel." We are happy to set the record straight.

Last updated: 11:17am, October 30 2014

If they're so happy to set the record straight why did they hide the link when they did?